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After 40 years of being free Microsoft has added a paywall to Notepad (www.tweaktown.com)

submitted 2 months ago by nahostdeutschland to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Good thing whenever I set up Windows, Notepad is one of the things I nuke, using Geany to replace it.

This is a bad sign if MS gets emboldened and starts paywalling basic OS functionality at some point in the future, though.

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[–] joyjoy@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago

They could've added this to wordpad if they didn't kill it.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 months ago

isn't the paywall for notepad buying windows and a computer?

[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I have always been partial to gedit, kate aint bad either.

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[–] Xed@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

I wouldn’t be surprised if Apple does something like this too at some point in the future

[–] nadram@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Ragebait. Notepad is still free. If you want to use Rewrite, then you pay for that.

[–] tabular@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I can understand separating a new paid-only feature, especially if you don't much need that part. The new features are reportedly accessible from the GUI of Notepad so I wouldn't blame anyone else who thought "NOTEPAD" asked them to sign up and pay a subscription to use "NOTEPAD" features.

I used to rage when reading bad changes to Windows, even after I'd stopped using it. Now I just feel bad that my friends are still in that a bad relationship with their computer.

[–] lengau@midwest.social 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Notepad has long been a testbed for new technology in Windows. This isn't just a sign of enshittification, it's a warning that they want to do more.

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[–] Zucca@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 months ago

And around 20 years ago I did go all-in Linux.

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 3 points 2 months ago

Every PC I've ever owned has had some version of vi installed on it pretty much on day one of my owning it.

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